TRAVERSE CITY — The trio had such chemistry they’re going to stay together, even as the NHL regulars come aboard.

The Detroit Red Wings begin training camp on Friday, with the roster of veterans, prospects and hopefuls mostly spread across three squads. One exception is on Team Howe, where 2018 first-round picks Filip Zadina and Joe Veleno will play with 2017 first-round pick Michael Rasmussen. The three played so fluidly during the prospects tournament, it made sense to coach Jeff Blashill to keep them together.

“One of the things you try to do is get people in spots where they are comfortable, and they just spent four games playing together,” Blashill said Thursday.

Players spent the morning undergoing physicals, and then had the annual charity golf outing scheduled for the afternoon.

“The line of Veleno, Rasmussen and Zadina all showed moments of being very good,” Blashill said. “It was great to see some of our young guys look like they’ve taken some steps and are ready for this main camp. Those three young guys, they get a chance to show what they can do on their own rather than maybe just benefiting from playing with somebody who has been in the league a long time. It’s a great opportunity for those guys.”

One appeal of keeping the three together is seeing how they scrimmage against NHL defenders such as Frans Nielsen, Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou and Luke Glendening.

“In the scrimmage and in the Red-White game, we’ll have them go against Larkin, they’ll go against Nielsen, they’ll go AA and whoever is on those lines,” Blashill said. “And now they get to be able to show where exactly they stand without necessarily giving them any kind of crutch at all.

“We’re not going to let them sink, but it’s a little bit of a sink-or-swim mentality where you have a chance to show that you are better than these other players. I think that will make for real competitive scrimmages. And I may use them in a preseason game to go up against NHL players. I want them to carry themselves because for them to help us be better this year, they have to be able to carry themselves.”

It’s one thing to scrimmage, of course, the better test will come next week when the Wings segue to exhibition season.